Thursday, September 29, 2016

09-28-16 jive

Good evening, it's Wednesday, September 28th and this is the Jive
at Five, our daily community calendar and rundown of nighttime programming here
on 88.1 FM WESU Middletown. By day, WESU offers talk radio from NPR and
Pacifica, as well as independent and local public affairs sources. Weeknights
and weekends our student and community volunteers bring you the best in
free-form programming.

I’m Bill Denert, producer and host of Thursday night's Evening Jazz where
"hearing is the best experience" and Connecticut's number 1
Washington Nationals fan! Thanks for joining us!

Here's our rundown of what's happening in our area this week:
At the Ballroom tonight/Wednesday, Manic presents Blitzen Trapper, appearing
with Kacy & Clayton and another show Wednesday night with LVL UP, Puppy,
and Spit-Take at Bar in New Haven. On Thursday, Mike Snow headlines a manic
show at The College Street Music Hall, appearing with Zelia Day. On Friday,
it’s Woods, John Andrews & the Yawns, and Elison Jackson at The Ballroom at
The Outer Space. http://www.manicproductions.org/

Tonight, down in New Haven at Café Nine, it's Wednesday’s Upstart Fest!,
headlining The Queers, appearing with The Fantastic Plastics, Svetlanas, and
more. On Thursday, Hellbound Glory, and Pat Stone & The Dirty Boots take
the stage. Friday’s weekly 5 pm set features Gary Heriot & Mike Damico,
followed later Friday night by Barrence Whitfield & The Savages, and The
Right Offs. Saturday’s 4:30 Jazz Jam is with Mike Coppola and Friends, with
Sarah Shook & The Disarmers, and Big Fat Combo coming your way later that
night. Cygnus Radio & Cafe 9 present The Sunday Buzz Matinee at 3 pm with
Mr. Airplane Man and La Tunda, and they round out the weekend Sunday night at 7
with The Helium Brothers and The Birdmen. www.cafenine.com

Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, it's their long-running Community Blues
Jam hosted by Tim McDonald this week. The Balkun Brothers Rock-n-Roll Residency
happens on Thursday. Friday night it’s the Dave Keller Band with blues and
soul. On Saturday night it’s Bad News Barnes, featuring “Blue Lou” Marini of
Blues Brothers and James Taylor fame. www.blackeyedsallys.com

Middletown Scottish country dancers offer classes for beginners & experienced
dancers at First Church on Court Street in Middletown, Every Wednesday from
7-9:30p. Partners not necessary but soft-soled shoes are
reccomended! For information, call Lucile Blanchard at 860-347-0278.

At the Russell Library in Middletown, The Veteran’s Writing Group meets every
Thursday at 7. From 10 am to 1:30 pm on Saturday, THE AMERICAN STUDIES DEPARTMENT at Wesleyan
University and AND THE RUSSELL LIBRARY present Anarchist Histories and
Activism. Offering an opportunity to hear Wesleyan students publicly
present their research on a range of subjects From Haymarket to Occupy Wall
Street, taught by Professor of American Studies J. K eˉ haulani Kauanui, who
will moderate the following two panels.
at10 A.M. you can catch the panel HISTORIAL GENEALOGIES AND RADICAL ANALYSIS and the NOON panel is called COMMUNITY RESISTANCE AND DIVERSE FORMS OF DIRECT ACTION
www.russelllibrary.org for more
information.

You can tour the historic Swift Factory in northeast Hartford this Thursday at
4:30 and learn about plans for its revival into a vibrant community center.
Find it on Facebook at Swift Factory Tours in Northeast Hartford.

At Toad’s Place in New Haven, this Thursday, it’s the Bright Night Glow EDM
College Dance Party. On Friday its Rock This Wild World, a local showcase
celebration with a variety of performers. www.toadsplace.com

Friday night, The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown presents singer Sissy
Castrogiovanni, bringing you original Sicilian music along with jazz and
Mediterranean melodies. On Saturday morning Annaita Ghandy’s Aligned with
Source workshop happens at 10:30 am. Later at 2, the International Beat Poetry
Festival presents, “Celebrating the Beats: Their Words, Their Legacy, Their
Music,” featuring the Sergio-Mayo Jazz Duo and readings by The Meeting House
Poets. Saturday night they’ve got a singer/songwriter double bill with
Middletown’s Cathy Kreger appearing with Caroline Doctorow, singing solo and
combination blues, adult contemporary, folk, and more. On Sunday at 7 you can
enjoy the Great Make Believe Society Improv Show with improvised comedy
theater. The Hearing Voices Network meets Monday mornings at 10:30. Details
at http://buttonwood.org

This Saturday, Company G of the 14th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry
stages a Preservation March starting at 1:00 at the General Mansfield House,
151 Main St. in Middletown. The public is invited to follow along and visit designated
sites to hear brief talks about the city’s rich Civil War history. Full details
at www.arts2go.org

This Saturday, Gee’s records presents a master of the DJ mix showcase at Club
Lucent in Wallingford from 2-7pm. It's an all age event with no dress
code. DJs include DP-One, DJ Ragoza, DJ Precision, DJ E.L. DJ G.L.I. and DJ
K.G. (who once, called WESU home). For information call 203-449-8912

The Middlesex County Historical Society’s 31st annual Car Show and Flea Market
happens this Sunday at Palmer Field in Middletown starting at 7 am. Car
registration opens at 8:30. Rain date is next Sunday, October 9 Details at www.arts2go.org, or call the county
Historical Society at 860-346-0746.

Connecticut’s Farmers' Markets are still going strong. Here in Middletown you
can you can support local farmers and get nutritious home-grown goods at two
farmers markets through October. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, the long running
market at the South Green on Old Church Street is open from 8 am-1 pm. On
Fridays, The Middletown North End farmers market happens on Main Street outside
Its Only Natural Market. For times and dates, as well as info on the many more
in our area you can visit www.ctnofa.org

The 68th annual Berlin Fair happens this weekend, starting off with juggling
and marching bands on Friday, and headlining Kick Band on the main concert
stage, as well as the On the Serious Side Band. On Saturday there’s spinning
and weaving and more, with musical entertainment by the Colin Axxxwell Band,
the “Kick It Out” Heart Tribute Band, the Coyote River Band, and 1974 Band.
They close it out on Sunday offering food and fun for all, along with country
music by Presley and Taylor, and LANco Band. Full details at www.ctberlinfair.com

Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Through tonight/Wednesday, Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues the run of “The
Beatles: Eight Days a Week – the Touring Years,” directed by Ron Howard, that
follows the band during their sixties touring years, through Thursday. Also
continuing is “Ixcanul” (sounds like: Ike’s-can-ool), a film exploring the
lives of marginalized women in the Guatemalan coffee highlands. On Friday they
open “Mia Madre,” the Cannes Film Festival-winning Italian drama about n film
director dealing with the imminent death of her mother. It runs through the
weekend. www.realartways.org.

Though this evening/Wednesday, Trinity College’s Cinestudio continues the run
of “Dark Horse,” about a depressed Welsh village that puts its faith in a
steeplechasing thoroughbred, tonight and tomorrow. On Wednesday they open
“Florence Foster Jenkins,” starring Meryl Streep as a deluded diva who believes
she’s a talented singer. It runs through Saturday. On Sunday they open “The
Fits,” a film about a Cincinnati all-girl dance troupe with mysterious
convulsive attacks. www.cinestudio.org

The Manhattan Short Film Festival happens this Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, offering you the chance to vote on this
year’s finalist entries. Details a www.hartford.com/event
Now here’s what’s on the air tonight on WESU Middletown:

Right after The Jive, from 5:05-6pm, it's Untracked with DJ PigInTheCity Cinematic music that has yet to be heard in movies, held together by a thin
layer of posturing from someone who likes both.

Starting at 6pm, it's (2,4) Think Twice Radio with Al Robinson. The undertaking
of "Think Twice Radio" is to reassert the "watchdog" role
of the media by ramping up coverage of Connecticut issues in a nonpartisan
manner.

And from 6:30-8pm, it's Fusion Radio with James Fusion. The original ... and
still the best damn Techno mix on radio!
At 8 and running until 9:30pm, it's The Warehouse with Mike Nyce. The best of
underground house music, mixed live for your listening pleasure.

And at midnight, it's a hour of Hero Worship with DJ Girl Fieri & DJ
Give 'em hill, because everyone has that one obscure hero who they love to talk
about!

In the wee hours, from 1-2am, it's Some Typa Way. Join DJ’s Crystal Beth and
Shlomo as they provide you with music that stirs a specific mood within each of
us.

Continuing at 2-4am, it's AirMail with Matt & Ophelia. Broadcasting
pre-recorded messages from friends and family to their incarcerated loved ones.

The BBC World Report comes your way from 4-5am before we start tomorrow’s
program day with Morning Edition from NPR from 5-10 am. And don’t miss our new
morning program, Rising Up with Sonali, weekdays from 9-10 am!
That’s all for today’s Jive at Five. If you missed anything, you can find the
written version online at wesufm.org/jive. And tune in each and every weekday
at 4:55 p.m. to hear about what’s going on in the community, and on the air
right here at WESU 88.1 FM, a community service of Wesleyan University since
1939.